Engineering and Technology History Wiki
The Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) is a MediaWiki-based website dedicated to the history of technology. It consists of articles, first-hand accounts, oral histories, landmarks and milestones and started operating in 2015.
A partnership between the United Engineering Foundation and its member engineering organizations ASCE, AIME, AIChE, ASME, IEEE as well as the Society of Woman Engineers is developing the ETHW as a central historical repository for the documentation, analysis and explanation of the history of technology. Today, the ETHW is mainly a successor to the former IEEE Global History Network (IEEE GHN), which operated from 2008 to 2014. Therefore, most content is related to electrical, electronics and computer engineering so far. As the fields of civil engineering, mining, metallurgical and petroleum engineering, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering will be covered by members of the respective organizations in the future, ETHW is intended to be a global record for preserving knowledge of the history of technological innovation in a broad sense. It differs from other online sources, as personal accounts of technical innovators as primary sources are made available to the public.
Sectors
Encyclopedia
This sector includes articles about significant technological achievement (the former STARS articles of IEEE GHN), topic articles as an introduction to important technologies and their evolution, biographies and accounts of the history of engineering societies.
Oral histories
Interviews were conducted with important personalities in the fields of interest. Over 500 transcripts of such interviews, dating back as far as the 1960s, are accessible.
First-hand histories
ETHW offers engineers, scientists and inventors the unique opportunity to publish their own professional experiences as first-hand accounts on this website. First-hand histories of teams working together in the same field are also welcomed.
Landmarks / Milestones
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has established a list of Landmarks to include outstanding monuments and buildings.
Later, the IEEE has started to select IEEE Milestones to honor exceptional achievements in the fields of electrical, electronic and computer engineering. Information on how to submit an additional IEEE Milestones can be found on a special website.[1]
Archives
This archive includes publications, audio and video records as well as document collections bequeathed to this organization.
Education
To help pre-university teachers plan social studies courses in Science, Technology and Society, ETHW provides lesson plans for a series of suitable topics.
Usage, Contributions
Browsing for a particular topic can be done, as the content is classified according to categories and subcategories.
Contributions can be made by all member of the engineering organizations mentioned. Restricted rules apply to Oral Histories, Landmarks and IEEE Milestones.